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Personally I use MangaStudio when doing manga screen-tones because its way cheaper and the tones you see in manga you can usually find them in MangaStudio. The only problem is that it's digital, and you can't do a lot of the 'scratching' effects with a traditional tone cutter. Some of the tones in MangaStudio look too 'digital.' What I mean is that some of the traditional tones look really good on manuscript paper, but in MangaStudio the very same tone looks very.. weird? I don't know how to explain it, its better if you try the program out yourself. But digital tones are really not too bad. They can really work out well, once you get the hang of it. Just look at our dA artist Comipa=> [link]
Traditional tones, even though stocking up is expensive, is to me still the best way to go. There's a very personal feel to it, and at least to me, you have more control in how you tone your manga. There are also tone effects that can only be done with a tone cutter.
But traditional tones have the problem of accidentally cutting up your manuscript paper, or paper damage because the tone didnt come off properly while you were fixing mistakes, and you need to get the hang of cutting tones using a pen knife or a tone cutter. But, with all of that done and gone, once you get used to it its no big deal really.
One dA artist that I highly respect, Demoniachild uses traditional screentones for her manga. =>[link]
In the end its still up to the artist's choice of tools.
Traditional tones, even though stocking up is expensive, is to me still the best way to go. There's a very personal feel to it, and at least to me, you have more control in how you tone your manga. There are also tone effects that can only be done with a tone cutter.
But traditional tones have the problem of accidentally cutting up your manuscript paper, or paper damage because the tone didnt come off properly while you were fixing mistakes, and you need to get the hang of cutting tones using a pen knife or a tone cutter. But, with all of that done and gone, once you get used to it its no big deal really.
One dA artist that I highly respect, Demoniachild uses traditional screentones for her manga. =>[link]
In the end its still up to the artist's choice of tools.

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